when I worked at a restaurant I put alcohol on the food plates to set them on fire?

Question

so how could a substance like that give you added fat and not the other way around

how can a flammable fuel make me fat if I drink it, and not the other way around

Answer 1

Alcohol, like fat, protein, and carbohydrates, has Calories, i.e., energy that the body accepts. Fat has 9 Calories per gram, protein and carbs each about 4, and alcohol (more specifically, ethanol) has about 6 or 7. (One thing about "Calories"---1 Calorie is actually 1000 calories or 1 kilocalorie. The "calorie" of chemistry is the energy to raise one gram of water one degree C. The "Calorie" of nutrition raises one kg of water one degree C.) So, if you've got one shot of hard liqour, that's 1.5 ounces X 40% (80 proof) = 0.6 fluid ounces of ethanol. Since it's about 79% as dense as water and 1 fluid ounce of water weighs about one ounce, that's about 0.47 ounces or just under 13 grams. Multiply that by 6 Cal/gram, and one shot of hard liquor is about 100 Cal from just the alcohol. So, someone who binge drinks will get wasted in the short-term, but also possibly fat in the long-term with all those extra Calories. Plus, when people drink alcohol, they tend to eat and drink a lot of other high carb, high fat foods at once. (I've never seen a lot of people who are health-conscious when drunk.) When people (e.g., college freshmen) make a habit of going all out at frat parties, it's pretty easy for them to gain the "freshmen fifteen" (pounds).

One more thing---when the liver processes ethanol, some of the metabolites stay right in the liver, which can make the liver itself sort of bulge. However, this itself is not the "beer belly", as fat is generally stored a bit lower in the gut.

One other thing---alcohol ignites much more easily than fat, carbs, or protein. It's not that the other three can't combust with oxygen, but alcohol is much more volatile. (It has a higher "vapor pressure".) Because there is a higher concentration of alcohol in the air right above the surface of the hard liquor, it more easily forms a flammable fuel/air mixture, and a bartender can take a match and light it. Compare that with cooking oil. Cooking oil has a lot of stored chemical energy that can be released when combusted with oxygen, but at a normal room temperature, cooking oil does not vaporize anywhere near the amount alcohol does. Therefore, it has a much higher flash point (temperature at which the vapor pressure forms a flammable mixture with air) and you have to work harder to ignite it. (It's like the difference between gasoline and crude oil). However, heat up cooking oil in a frying pan, and you'll get it to the point where it too can ignite and give you a fire.

Answer 2

Cherries Jubilee Bananas Foster Baked Alaska Crepes Suzette is the classic, yet you're able to do any style of crepes you opt for. you could flambe particularly plenty any form of fruit you like: peaches, pears, apples, and so forth. as long as you have alcohol, sugar, cinammon and butter. of course you cant ignore the ice cream or gelato!

Answer 3

Not sure what you mean by "and not the other way around".

It doesn't really give you added fat - you ignited it, it burned, there should really be no fat there. Any sugars would have burned off.

Answer 4

alcohol inhibits many chemical reactions in the body including the fat burning process.

Answer 5

Because the booze is hi in carbohydrates (from the sugars), which is high energy. If the body doesnt use that energy, it will convert it to fat and store it.

Answer 6

alcohol is full of sugar - that is what makes it alcohol and that is what makes it fattening

Answer 7

I think you need some help.

Answer 8

what??,, the food or the alcohol?